A history of the world in 6 glasses / Tom Standage.
Publication details: New York : Walker & Co., 2006, c2005.Edition: Paperback edDescription: viii, 311 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0802715524 (pbk.)
- 9780802715524 (pbk.)
- History of the world in six glasses
- 394.12 22
- GT2880 .S83 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt. A stone-age brew -- Civilized beer -- Wine in Greece and Rome. The delight of wine -- The imperial vine -- Spirits in the colonial period. High spirits, high seas -- The drinks that built America -- Coffee in the age of reason. The great soberer -- The coffeehouse internet -- Tea and the British Empire. Empires of tea -- Tea power -- Coca-cola and the rise of America. From soda to cola -- Globalization in a bottle -- Epilogue. Back to the sources -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix. In search of ancient drinks.
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